Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer who played a key role in Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.He has used his Telegram social media channel to criticize how Russia's forces have fought in the war and taken aim at the botched mobilization announced by Vladimir Putin.Girkin repeated his criticism of Russia's war effort in a clip in a video on his Telegram page that was shared by Belarusian media outlet NEXTA, which tweets about the war.Earlier this month, Girkin lamented how no one had been held responsible for Russia's military setbacks, except for "scapegoats" like General Alexander Lapin, who was removed in October from his command of Russia's Central Military District.He has previously expressed concern about what would happen to him if Russia lost the war in Ukraine, earlier this month telling a YouTube channel this would be followed by him being sent to the Hague to serve a life sentence."